Serbs in Turkey

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Turkish Serbs
Срби у Турској
Srbi u Turskoj
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Total population
165,401 (1965) [1]
Regions with significant populations
Istanbul, Gallipoli
Languages
Turkish and Serbian
Religion
Sunni Islam, minority Serbian Orthodox Christian

The Serbs in Turkey are Turkish citizens of Serbian descent or Serbia-born people who reside in Turkey.

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History

During the age of the Ottoman Empire most of Serbia and the Balkans were under Turkish control, and many Serbs moved to Istanbul and Anatolia for reasons ranging from economic to forceful relocation. On 28 August 1521, the Belgrade Fortress was captured by Suleiman the Magnificent, using 250,000 Turkish soldiers and over 100 ships. Subsequently, most of the city was razed to the ground and its entire Orthodox Christian population was deported to Istanbul [2] to an area that has since become known as the Belgrade forest. [3]

Many Janissaries were of Serbian descent and were taken as children from their homes and educated in Turkey. Some Serbs achieved political prominence and several Grand Viziers were born as Serbs.

Notable people

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Heinz Kloss, Grant D. McConnell:[Kloss, Heinz; McConnell, Grant D. (октобар 1984). Linguistic Composition of the Nations of the World: Europe and the USSR. International center for research on bilinguism (на језику: енглески). 5. Quebec: Presses de l'Université Laval.  ISBN   2-7637-7044-4]
  2. ↑ Serbia, RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of. "Ко су потомци Београђана које је Сулејман Величанствени пре пет векова одвео у Истанбул". www.rts.rs. Retrieved 4 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "The Rough Guide to Turkey: Belgrade Forest". Rough Guides. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  4. ↑ Bosanska vila. Nikola T. Kašiković. 1898. p. 301.
  5. ↑ Milenko M. Vukićević (1906). Znameniti Srbi muslomani. Davidović. p. 104. Кућа Сијерчића води своје поријекло од старе српске властеоске куће Шијернића, како запнси тврде, или од Лучевпћа, како предање каже. Кад је сила османлијска навалила на Босну п Херцеговину, онда се кућа Шијернића храбро бо- рила протпв снле османлијске, борила се бранећи јуначкн своје огњиште и свој народ, свој језнк и своју слободу. Алп ко ће силн ...
  6. ↑ Finkel, Caroline (2012). Osman's dream: the story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300–1923. p. 21. ISBN   9780465008506.
  7. ↑ Gemil, Tahsin (1991). Românii și otomanii în secolele XIV-XVI (in Romanian). p. 59. ISBN   978-973-27-0198-0. Malkocogullari, tot comandanţi de acingii, erau descendenţii unui feudal sirb Malkovic).
  8. ↑ Celal Şengör. Balkanlar'da bitmeyen kin (MP4) (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
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